2013 Los Angeles Sparks season

2013 Los Angeles Sparks season
Coach Carol Ross
Arena Staples Center
Attendance per game
Results
Record 24–10 (.706)
Place 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television TWC SportsNet and TWC Deportes
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Trades

Personnel changes

Roster

2013 Los Angeles Sparks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 13 Sweden Abdi, Farhiya 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 05-31-1992 Sweden
G/F 0 United States Beard, Alana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 05-14-1982 Duke
G/F 25 United States Coleman, Marissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland
G 10 United States Harding, Lindsey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 135 lb (61 kg) 06-12-1984 Duke
F 16 United States Hoffman, Ebony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 08-27-1982 Southern California
C 42 United States Lavender, Jantel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 11-12-1988 Ohio State
G 1 United States Mathies, A'dia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 03-18-1991 Kentucky
F 30 United States Ogwumike, Nneka 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 07-02-1990 Stanford
G/F 6 Australia O'Hea, Jenna 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 06-06-1987 Australia
F/C 3 United States Parker, Candace 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 04-19-1986 Tennessee
G 20 United States Toliver, Kristi 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 130 lb (59 kg) 01-27-1987 Maryland
Head coach
United States Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Assistant coaches
Australia Sandy Brondello (Australia)
United States Bridget Pettis (Florida)
Athletic trainer
United States Courtney Watson (California)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Bruce Deziel (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Candace Parker Jantel Lavender
PF Nneka Ogwumike Ebony Hoffman
Farhiya Abdi
SF Alana Beard Marissa Coleman
SG Kristi Toliver Jenna O'Hea
PG Lindsey Harding A'dia Mathies

Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Minnesota Lynx268.765-34
2 x-Los Angeles Sparks2410.706234
3 x-Phoenix Mercury1915.559734
4 x-Seattle Storm1717.500934
5 e-San Antonio Silver Stars1222.3531434
6 e-Tulsa Shock1123.3241534

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 24–10 (Home: 15–2; Road: 9–8)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
June : 4–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–4)
July : 7–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–0)
August : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)
September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 September 19 Phoenix L 75–86 Candace Parker (28) Nneka Ogwumike (14) Lindsey Harding (5) Staples Center
8500		 0–1
2 September 21 @ Phoenix W 82–73 Candace Parker (31) Ogwumike & Parker (11) Lindsey Harding (4) US Airways Center
11110		 1–1
3 September 23 Phoenix L 77–78 Kristi Toliver (22) Nneka Ogwumike (10) Toliver & Coleman (3) Staples Center
9321		 1–2
2013 season schedule

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Brittany Chambers was released by the Sparks before the start of the season.
  2. ↑ Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kacēns, Jānis (17 April 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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